We measure the time in seconds, minutes and hours.
There are 24 hours in a day.
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
There are 60 seconds in a minute.
To tell the time you usually use a clock or a watch.
A clock: 
A watch: 
There are analogue clocks and watches and there are digital clocks and watches.
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Analogue clocks and watches often have numbers on the "face" to show the hours and lines to show the minutes. An analogue clock also has "hands", a short hand to show the hour, a longer hand to show the minutes, and sometimes a long thin hand to show the seconds. |
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To the Hour
We say o'clock on the hour: |
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Twelve o'clock |  |
Six o'clock |
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One o'clock |  |
Seven o'clock |
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Two o'clock |  |
Eight o'clock |
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Three o'clock |  |
Nine o'clock |
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Four o'clock |  |
Ten o'clock |
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Five o'clock |  |
Eleven o'clock |
When talking about the time, to show whether it's morning or later we use am and pm.
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Morning
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Afternoon
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Evening
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Night
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00:01 - 11.59
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12:01 - 18:00
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18:01 - 22:00
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22:01 - 23.59
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| 1 to 11.59 am | 12.01 to 6 pm | 6.01 to 10 pm | 10.01 to 11.59 pm |
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| 12 o'clock is noon (daytime) or midnight (night). |
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